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(0.22) (0.44) (0.67) (0.89)
Tradesperson -0.05 -0.13 0.11 0.13
(0.13) (0.36) (0.25) (0.31)
Manager/professional/paraprofessional
-0.19 -0.27 -0.23 -0.32
(0.79) (1.14) (0.78) (1.11)
Not employed -0.02 -0.13 0.03 -0.10
(0.13) (0.74) (0.13) (0.45)
Mother post-school qualification 0.20 0.19 0.25 0.24
when resp 14
Religion brought up in (1.59) (1.39) (1.55) (1.40)
Catholic 0.10 0.06 0.05 -0.02
(0.81) (0.46) (0.32) (0.11)
Presbyterian 0.30 0.24 0.32 0.25
(1.57) (1.22) (1.31) (1.05)
Methodist 0.11 0.22 0.11 0.23
(0.51) (1.03) (0.44) (0.96)
Other Christian -0.04 -0.08 0.09 0.10
(0.17) (0.36) (0.34) (0.36)
Other religion 0.17 0.22 0.14 0.13
(0.94) (1.14) (0.63) (0.54)
No religion 0.08 0.11 0.17 0.16
(0.55) (0.69) (0.84) (0.83)
Constant 0.04 -0.26 0.66 0.39
(0.07) (0.45) (0.86) (0.59)
Observations 2150 2150 1283 1283
Log likelihood -473.52 -467.48 -307.52 -307.63
LR chi 2 177 (59) 125.41 (59) 134.91 (59) 106.91 (59) 126.23
Mcfadden’s Pseudo R 2 178
0.1169 0.1253 0.1481 0.1553
Akaike Information Criterion 0.50 0.49 0.57 0.57
Coefficient with t statistic in brackets. Absolute value of z statistics in parentheses * significant at 5%; **
significant at 1%.
Base categories: European ethnic origin, state interviewed in 1984 NSW/ACT, government school, highest
qualification in 1984 year 10 at school, Longest job by 1984 is 1 year, lived mostly in state capital city until
respondent aged 14, English is first language, father clerical worker when respondent aged 14, mother
clerical worker when respondent aged 14, religion brought up in is Anglican.
177 This is the likelihood ratio test of the hypothesis that all coefficients except the intercept are equal to
zero.
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This measure of fit is also known as the likelihood ratio index.